OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Soft Robotics is 22. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Octopus Arm-Inspired Tapered Soft Actuators with Suckers for Improved Grasping	172
Toward a Common Framework and Database of Materials for Soft Robotics	152
Fully Wearable Actuated Soft Exoskeleton for Grasping Assistance in Everyday Activities	116
Soft Rod-Climbing Robot Inspired by Winding Locomotion of Snake	110
Fluidic Fabric Muscle Sheets for Wearable and Soft Robotics	97
Hybrid Jamming for Bioinspired Soft Robotic Fingers	94
A Wearable Soft Haptic Communicator Based on Dielectric Elastomer Actuators	94
Novel Bending and Helical Extensile/Contractile Pneumatic Artificial Muscles Inspired by Elephant Trunk	92
Bioinspired Three-Dimensional-Printed Helical Soft Pneumatic Actuators and Their Characterization	90
Shape Memory Alloy-Based Soft Finger with Changeable Bending Length Using Targeted Variable Stiffness	81
Design, Modeling, and Evaluation of Fabric-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Soft Wearable Assistive Gloves	78
MakeSense: Automated Sensor Design for Proprioceptive Soft Robots	70
An Origami Continuum Robot Capable of Precise Motion Through Torsionally Stiff Body and Smooth Inverse Kinematics	68
A Machine-Learning-Based Approach to Solve Both Contact Location and Force in Soft Material Tactile Sensors	64
Soft Robots for Ocean Exploration and Offshore Operations: A Perspective	63
MagWorm: A Biomimetic Magnet Embedded Worm-Like Soft Robot	61
Adaptive Variable Stiffness Particle Phalange for Robust and Durable Robotic Grasping	59
Swimming Performance of the Frog-Inspired Soft Robot	58
Additive Manufacturing for Self-Healing Soft Robots	56
Pneumatically Actuated Soft Gripper with Bistable Structures	55
Patient-Specific Magnetic Catheters for Atraumatic Autonomous Endoscopy	52
Laser-Profiled Continuum Robot with Integrated Tension Sensing for Simultaneous Shape and Tip Force Estimation	52
Harnessing the Multistability of Kresling Origami for Reconfigurable Articulation in Soft Robotic Arms	52
Twisted-and-Coiled Actuators with Free Strokes Enable Soft Robots with Programmable Motions	50
Modal-Based Kinematics and Contact Detection of Soft Robots	49

A Super-Lightweight and Soft Manipulator Driven by Dielectric Elastomers	49
Variable Stiffness Devices Using Fiber Jamming for Application in Soft Robotics and Wearable Haptics	49
Circular Shell Gripper for Handling Food Products	48
Tensegrity Robotics	46
Rolling Locomotion of Cable-Driven Soft Spherical Tensegrity Robots	45
Fiber Jamming Transition as a Stiffening Mechanism for Soft Robotics	45
Body Wave Generation for Anguilliform Locomotion Using a Fiber-Reinforced Soft Fluidic Elastomer Actuator Array Toward the Development of the Eel-Inspired Underwater Soft Robot	45
Soft Humanoid Hands with Large Grasping Force Enabled by Flexible Hybrid Pneumatic Actuators	43
Multimode Grasping Soft Gripper Achieved by Layer Jamming Structure and Tendon-Driven Mechanism	43
An Underwater Robotic Manipulator with Soft Bladders and Compact Depth-Independent Actuation	41
Analytical Modeling and Design of Generalized Pneu-Net Soft Actuators with Three-Dimensional Deformations	41
Untethered Soft Robotics with Fully Integrated Wireless Sensing and Actuating Systems for Somatosensory and Respiratory Functions	40
Phase Changing Materials-Based Variable-Stiffness Tensegrity Structures	40
A Layer Jamming Actuator for Tunable Stiffness and Shape-Changing Devices	38
A Novel Fabric Muscle Based on Shape Memory Alloy Springs	37
Unfolding Textile-Based Pneumatic Actuators for Wearable Applications	37
Texture Discrimination with a Soft Biomimetic Finger Using a Flexible Neuromorphic Tactile Sensor Array That Provides Sensory Feedback	36
Toward Task Autonomy in Robotic Cardiac Ablation: Learning-Based Kinematic Control of Soft Tendon-Driven Catheters	35
Photoresponsive Hydrogel Microcrawlers Exploit Friction Hysteresis to Crawl by Reciprocal Actuation	34
Soft Actuators Based on Liquid–Vapor Phase Change Composites	34
Characteristic Analysis and Design Optimization of Bubble Artificial Muscles	33
Lightweight Highly Tunable Jamming-Based Composites	33
Recent Progress of Soft Electrothermal Actuators	33
Pre-Programmed Tri-Layer Electro-Thermal Actuators Composed of Shape Memory Polymer and Carbon Nanotubes	32
A Snake-Inspired Layer-Driven Continuum Robot	32
Global Vision-Based Formation Control of Soft Robotic Fish Swarm	31
Soft Miniaturized Actuation and Sensing Units for Dynamic Force Control of Cardiac Ablation Catheters	31
Integration, Sensing, and Control of a Modular Soft-Rigid Pneumatic Lower Limb Exoskeleton	31
LM-Jelly: Liquid Metal Enabled Biomimetic Robotic Jellyfish	31
An Exoneuromusculoskeleton for Self-Help Upper Limb Rehabilitation After Stroke	31
Optimal Design of a Compliant Constant-Force Mechanism to Deliver a Nearly Constant Output Force Over a Range of Input Displacements	31
Pneumatic Supply System Parameter Optimization for Soft Actuators	31
3D Printed Biomimetic Soft Robot with Multimodal Locomotion and Multifunctionality	31
Modeling and Analysis of Soft Pneumatic Actuator with Symmetrical Chambers Used for Bionic Robotic Fish	30
A Human-Inspired Soft Finger with Dual-Mode Morphing Enabled by Variable Stiffness Mechanism	29
Twisting and Braiding Fluid-Driven Soft Artificial Muscle Fibers for Robotic Applications	29
Design and Development of a Growing Pneumatic Soft Robot	29
A Novel Tendon-Driven Soft Actuator with Self-Pumping Property	29
SoGut: A Soft Robotic Gastric Simulator	29
3D Printing Microactuators for Soft Microrobots	29
Stiffness-Tunable Soft Gripper with Soft-Rigid Hybrid Actuation for Versatile Manipulations	28
Pneumatically Controlled Reconfigurable Bistable Bionic Flower for Robotic Gripper	28
Position and Force Control of a Soft Pneumatic Actuator	28
A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Robot Based on Compliant Guiding Structure	28
Limpet II: A Modular, Untethered Soft Robot	28
A Bioinspired Soft Swallowing Gripper for Universal Adaptable Grasping	28
An Untethered Soft Robot Based on Liquid Crystal Elastomers	28
Mechanoreception for Soft Robots via Intuitive Body Cues	27
Scaling Up Soft Robotics: A Meter-Scale, Modular, and Reconfigurable Soft Robotic System	27
An Analysis of Peristaltic Locomotion for Maximizing Velocity or Minimizing Cost of Transport of Earthworm-Like Robots	26

A Wearable Textile-Embedded Dielectric Elastomer Actuator Haptic Display	26
Single-Input Control of Multiple Fluid-Driven Elastic Actuators via Interaction Between Bistability and Viscosity	26
A Shapeshifting Ferrofluidic Robot	26
Compliant, Large-Strain, and Self-Sensing Twisted String Actuators	25
Twisted Rubber Variable-Stiffness Artificial Muscles	25
Geometric Confined Pneumatic Soft–Rigid Hybrid Actuators	25
Bioinspired High-Degrees of Freedom Soft Robotic Glove for Restoring Versatile and Comfortable Manipulation	24
Tendon-Driven Jamming Mechanism for Configurable Variable Stiffness	24
Fast Thermal Actuators for Soft Robotics	23
Continuum Robotic Caterpillar with Wirelessly Powered Shape Memory Alloy Actuators	23
Versatile Soft Robot Gripper Enabled by Stiffness and Adhesion Tuning via Thermoplastic Composite	23
Tactile Model O: Fabrication and Testing of a 3D-Printed, Three-Fingered Tactile Robot Hand	23
Optical Sensor-Embedded Pneumatic Artificial Muscle for Position and Force Estimation	23
One-Shot 3D-Printed Multimaterial Soft Robotic Jamming Grippers	22
Stiffness Preprogrammable Soft Bending Pneumatic Actuators for High-Efficient, Conformal Operation	22
Anguilliform Swimming Performance of an Eel-Inspired Soft Robot	22
Force Control of a 3D Printed Soft Gripper with Built-In Pneumatic Touch Sensing Chambers	22
A Soft Exoskeleton for Tremor Suppression Equipped with Flexible Semiactive Actuator	22
Robust Multimodal Indirect Sensing for Soft Robots Via Neural Network-Aided Filter-Based Estimation	22